Lefty Grove & Yogi Berra Signed Baseball Yankees – COA JSA

One of the greatest pitchers in history, Lefty Grove led the American League in wins in four separate seasons, in strikeouts seven years in a row, and had the league’s lowest earned run average a record nine times. Over the course of the three years from 1929 to 1931, he twice won the pitcher’s Triple Crown, leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA, while amassing a 79–15 record and leading the Athletics to three straight AL championships.

Yogi Berra had a career batting average of .285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He is one of only six players to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

Now, take one of the greatest pitchers of all time and one of the best catchers of all time and you have this baseball. Presented is an OAL (Cronin) baseball autographed by both HOFers, Lefty Grove and Yogi Berra. Berra signed it on a side panel in black ballpoint pen (“7”) and Grove signed it on the commissioner stamping in black ink (“8”). The ball itself shows toning from age and mild soiling.

Authentication: JSA Full Letter

This ball is from one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of autographed baseballs in the world. Altogether they were easily displayable in custom shelf form and alphabetically displayed nonetheless. The choice of medium was visually easy for the encyclopedic collector who put these together. It took several decades to amass these rare autographs of the most prominent entertainers, historical figures, and sports players.  It proved quite difficult to acquire autographs of non-ballplayers on such an odd object (a baseball) but diligence proved otherwise and that it’s possible. So, now with the collection complete and his shelves empty there’s only one thing left to do….bid on this item and start the challenge to see how far you can take it.